CHI71FET28

NTSB accident investigation · Beech 23 · Wolcottville, IN · June 3, 1971

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 3, 1971
Place
Wolcottville, IN · WOLCOTTVILLE, IN
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N2325LBeech 23
Status
Completed · report January 28, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
133819

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1876   71/6/3    WOLCOTTVILLE,IND    BEECH 23            CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1490
        TIME - 1945                    N2325L              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WOLCOTTVILLE,IND            ELKHART,IND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- PREVIOUS ENG FAILURE,FORCED LDG.TKOF FROM MOWED PATH,GR DRAGGED HIGH WEEDS DRG TURN TO AVOID FENCE

Aircraft

Registration
N2325L
Reported as
Beech 23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Other investigations on N2325L · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.